Comparing numbers and decimals · sheet 27 of 30
Answer key
The answer, and what a wrong answer means.
| # | Problem | Answer | If they wrote… |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 847 ○ 577 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 2 | 958 ○ 956 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 3 | 0.70 ○ 0.7 | = | < the shorter decimal is bigger> the longer decimal is bigger |
| 4 | 855 ○ 826 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 5 | 0.53 ○ 0.38 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 6 | 367 ○ 811 | < | > comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 7 | 326 ○ 348 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 8 | 0.13 ○ 0.2 | < | > the longer decimal is bigger |
| 9 | 121 ○ 125 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 10 | 835 ○ 337 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 11 | 357 ○ 118 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 12 | 0.1 ○ 0.10 | = | < the longer decimal is bigger> the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 13 | 197 ○ 182 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 14 | 0.95 ○ 0.5 | > | < the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 15 | 739 ○ 419 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 16 | 0.3 ○ 0.55 | < | > the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 17 | 0.12 ○ 0.2 | < | > the longer decimal is bigger |
| 18 | 141 ○ 661 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 19 | 0.49 ○ 0.15 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 20 | 739 ○ 848 | < | > comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
Reading the wrong answers
One wrong answer is a slip. The same pattern on three or more problems is a rule your child is following, and it has a name and a fix. Problems marked "no pattern to catch" are the plain ones; a child who gets only those right is telling you something too.